Songs from the Sparkle Lounge

Album Information

Released: 2008

Produced by Def Leppard and Ronan McHugh

Lyrics

Go

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This is a truth that just
Has to be told it must
Be spread amongst us
So the world can hear it

We gotta get it right
This time if we just fight
Innocence dies tonight
If we can't heal it

We look to our leaders
But the lies they try to feed us
Like a knife they try to bleed us
And they cut us real slow

So go
Just go
Just go
You hide behind your mask of desperation
Go
Just go
Just go
I won't surrender to the last temptation

You have no dignity
I have no sympathy
You are my enemy
But I can't see you

No matter where you run
Thy kingdom will be done
A rocket to the sun
Is where I see you

When the senses get ecstatic
Overflow is automatic
Feel the need to be erratic
Don't deny it, let it flow

And go
Just go
Just go
You hide behind your mask of desperation
Go
Just go
Just go
I won't surrender to this fake salvation

We look to our leaders
But the lies they try to feed us
Like a knife they try to bleed us
And they cut us real slow

So go
Just go
Just go
You hide behind your mask of desperation
Go
Just go
Just go
I won't surrender to the last temptation
Go
Just go
Just go

Nine Lives

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Is your luck enough
Is your touch enough
C'mon girl
Can you keep it up
Is your bluff enough

Are you tough enough
Is your stuff enough
Can you start it up
Are you sharp enough
Uhh

Let it go, let 'em roll, let 'em fly
Took a chance on a chance
But the aces were high
Get it on, give it up, give it in
You stole the wages of sin
Got to be in it to win

Nine lives, nine times to die
I've been bitten once but I won't be twice shy
Nine lives, nine times to die
Come on and show me your hand
'Cos it's your turn to cry

Have you lost your touch
Are the stakes too much
Did you spin the wheel
And could you close a deal, yeah
Yeah

Let 'em roll, let 'em go, give 'em style
Took a chance on a chance
But the deuces were wild
Get it on, give it up, give it in
You stole the wages of sin
'Cos you're in it to win

Nine lives, nine times to die
I've been bitten once but I won't be twice shy
Nine lives, nine times to die
Come on and show me your hand
'Cos it's your turn to cry

Hey

Let 'em roll, let 'em go, let 'em fly
Took a chance on a chance
But the aces were high
Get it on, give it up, give it in
You stole the wages of sin
Got to be in it to win

Nine lives, nine times to die
I've been bitten once but I won't be twice shy
Nine lives, nine times to die
Come on and show me your hand
'Cos it's your turn to cry
Nine lives, nine times to die
Yeah, I've been bitten once but I won't be shy twice
Nine lives, nine times to die
It's russian roulette with every roll of your dice

Nine lives is all you're gonna get
I said all your gonna get, yeah

Nine lives, nine times to die
You just lived the last of your nine lives

C'mon C'mon

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C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon

C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
Everybody everyone c'mon, c'mon
C'mon c'mon

Baby baby, won't you give me a good sign
Squeeze me, please me, make it feel like the last time
Hold me close and I'll make every dream come true
Just let the man in me meet the woman in you

Sometimes you win
Sometimes you lose
Get back the spark and light the fuse
Yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah)
Everybody everywhere

C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
Give a little, take a little
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
Give it all you gotta give 'n
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
Oh, let me hear it everyone
C'mon c'mon
C'mon c'mon

Baby baby, take the ride of a lifetime
Thrill me, kill me, won't you send me a lifeline
Ready steady, go wherever you want to
I bet the seven wonders ain't got nothing on you

Sometimes you win
Sometimes you lose
Get back the spark and light the fuse
Yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah)
Everybody everywhere

C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
Give a little, take a little
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
Give it all you gotta give 'n
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
Oh, let me hear it everyone
C'mon c'mon
C'mon c'mon

C'mon c'mon
C'mon c'mon
C'mon c'mon
C'mon c'mon

Sometimes you win
Sometimes you lose
Get back the spark and light the fuse
Yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah)
Everybody everywhere

C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
Give a little, take a little
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
Give it all you gotta give it 'n
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
Oh, let me hear it everyone
C'mon c'mon
C'mon c'mon
Oh, c'mon c'mon
Yeah, c'mon c'mon

Love

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Love, love
Look what you've done to my heart
Oh, I should have known from the start
That you'd go and tear it apart
Oh, and now you desert me

You never lose
You never fail
You always live to tell the tale
You take me up
You bring me down
Without a touch
Without a sound

Love, love
Why do I keep searching high and low
You take me in your arms and let me go

Oh, how long must it be until you come run back to me
Can't you see I've got no release from the pain
Just to see you again

You never lose
You never fail
You always live to tell the tale
You take me up
You bring me down
Without a touch
Without a sound

Love, love
Why do I keep searching high and low
You take me in your arms and let me go

When will your love set me free
When will you come back to me

Oh love, love
Why do I keep searching high and low
You take me in your arms and let me go

Ooh, love

Tomorrow

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Whoo hoo hoo
Whoo hoo hoo
Whoo hoo hoo
Whoo hoo hoo

I'm here to testify
I can't remember why
Complete or justify my situation

I don't remember when
And I can only half pretend
A case of now and then I just need someone

No solution
There's a saner revolution
There's no better way
But there's the only way
Lead the way

I wanna break down
I'm gonna shake down
I just discovered I can't wait until tomorrow comes
I wanna take a ride
I wanna kiss the sky
I just found out I can't wait until tomorrow comes

Whoo hoo hoo
Whoo hoo hoo
Whoo hoo hoo
Whoo hoo hoo

Spoke out on compromise
Just the ego telling lies
Confides and then defies in case you're waiting
Guess that it's time for change
Remain but change the name
This game is where to aim I hear the charge, boy

No solution
There's a saner revolution
There's no better way
But there's the only way
Lead the way

I wanna break down
I'm gonna shake down
I just discovered I can't wait until tomorrow comes
I wanna take a ride
I wanna kiss the sky
I just found out I can't wait until tomorrow comes

It's liberating
But when it rains, it pours
Degenerating
Ain't gonna fight no more

I wanna break down
I'm gonna shake down
I just found out I can't wait until tomorrow comes

I wanna break down
I'm gonna shake down
I just discovered I can't wait until tomorrow comes
I wanna take a ride
I wanna kiss the sky
I just found out I can't wait until tomorrow comes

Cruise Control

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I close my eyes, I bend in prayer
I train my mind to just not care
And to my god I give my soul
I train my mind to cruise control

Daylight shines upon the hour of my faith
I step into the sun
I shield my eyes from the glory of the morning
And blow it all to kingdom come

I hear my god, he calls my name
I must atone all mankind's shame
And for my god I ring the bell
I will condemn the infidel

Daylight shines upon the hour of my soul
I step into the sun
I shield my eyes from the glory of the morning
And blow it all to kingdom come

For when I was a boy you came to me
I made up my mind
Surrender all time and space to him
And blow the world to kingdom come

Daylight shines upon the hour of my faith
I step into the sun
I shield my eyes from the glory of the morning
And blow it all to kingdom come

And blow it all to kingdom come

Hallucinate

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You're all access, undeniable
Unobtainable is what you are
In a word indestructable
You're a cannonball
You're a star

Get it right, get it free
Get in touch, can't you see
Get in first guarantee
Get your hands off of me

Hallucinate
It's in your head
Hallucinate
In every word you said
Hallucination
Hallucinate
It's more than you can take

It's the way you act
It's the way you feel
In your Caddilac, in your car
'Cos you're chic you wear
Anything you dare
Like a superstar is what you are

Let it loose, let it go
Be the last to know
Get it back, get on track
Be the first to crack

Hallucinate
It's in your head
Hallucinate
In every word you said
Hallucination
Hallucinate
It's more than you can take

Get it right, get it free
Get in touch can't you see
Get in first, guarantee
Get your hands off of me

Hallucinate
It's in your head
Hallucinate
In every word you said
Hallucination
Hallucinate
It's more than you can take
Hallucinate
It's in your head
Hallucinate
In every word you said
Hallucination
Hallucinate
Hallucinate
It's more than you can take
Hallucinate
Hallucination
Hallucinate
Hallucination
Hallucinate
Hallucination
Hallucinate
Hallucination

Only The Good Die Young

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I saw you on a screen
An icon, a legend, a king
I heard it in a song
That's still going strong
A shooting star across the sky
You kiss the Earth and say goodbye

Only the good die young
Only the good die young
Crashing into the sun
Only the good die young
But they'll always be here

I saw you in a dream
Falling apart at the seams
I heard it in your voice
That you had no choice
'Cos genius is a heavy load
That leads you down a lonely road
But love never dies

Only the good die young
Only the good die young
Crashing into the sun
Only the good die young

Living inside our hearts and minds
Shining like a diamond in the sky
You take me so far away

A shooting star across the sky
You kiss the Earth and say goodbye

Only the good die young
Only the good die young
Crashing into the sun
Only the good die young
Only the good die young
Only the good die young
Only the good die young

Bad Actress

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Come Undone

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Come on in, welcome, enter
We got you front row center for the freakshow parade
Everybody wants to be you
But I know you see right through this sad masquerade

You wrap your arms around me like a wire
You reach into my soul
Pull out the fire

When I come undone I know you're the only one
Who can touch me when I call out your name
When I come undone I know you're the only one
Who can put me back together again

You got what it takes to make me
So won't you come and shake me out of this haze
All tomorrow's dreams you're selling
God knows but He's not telling
He's had better days

I wake to hear a voice above me calling
You drag me to my knees
But I'm still falling

When I come undone I know you're the only one
Who can touch me when I call out your name
When I come undone I know you're the only one
Who can put me back together again

Can't close my eyes
Can't hide the fear
I feel the earth beneath my feet disappear
I'm out of words
I'm out of time
Give me your hand
Reach out for mine

You wrap your arms around me like a wire
You reach into my soul
Pull out the fire

When I come undone I know you're the only one
Who can touch me when I call out your name
When I come undone I know you're the only one
Who can put me back together again
Who can put me back together again

Gotta Let It Go

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All or nothing
Winner take it all away
In for the kill
There's blood on the water
It's flowing your way
Now I don't know nothing
But I know it's a long way down
The king of the hill
You reach for the sky
You're losin' your crown

You tell it to no one
You tell it to the sun
You tell it to the friends who've come and gone
You tell it to yourself
Again
Again

Gotta let it go
Gotta let it go give it away
Gotta let it go
Gotta let it go give it away
Let it go

You came outta nothing
Crawling out of history
The man of the hour
You done the time
Now you hold the key
But there's always something
Something just beyond your reach
The bigger the prize
The more you desire
The less you can feel

You do it for yourself
There's really no one else
Another empty trophy on the shelf
But you're hanging on alone
Again
Again and again and again

Gotta let it go
Gotta let it go give it away
Gotta let it go
Gotta let it go give it away
Gotta let it go
Gotta let it go

The more you want it
The more you need it
The more you got it
The less you feel

You gotta let it go
You gotta let it go give it away
Gotta let it go
You gotta let it go give it away
Gotta let it go
You gotta let it go
You gotta let it go
You gotta let it go
Gotta let it go give it away
Gotta let it go
Whoa, give it away
Let it go